Section 2508.

(a) A licensed midwife shall disclose in oral and written form to a prospective client all of the following:

(1) All of the provisions of Section 2507.

(2) If the licensed midwife does not have liability coverage for the practice of midwifery, he or she shall disclose that fact.

(3) The specific arrangements for the transfer of care during the prenatal period, hospital transfer during the intrapartum and postpartum periods, and access to appropriate emergency medical services for mother and baby if necessary.

(4) The procedure for reporting complaints to the Medical Board of California.

(b) The disclosure shall be signed by both the licensed midwife and the client and a copy of the disclosure shall be placed in the client's medical record.

(c) The Medical Board of California may prescribe the form for the written disclosure statement required to be used by a licensed midwife under this section.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 303, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)